Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka headline notables to miss cut at U.S. Open

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The anguish was there for everyone to see. As the ball rolled past the cup and sealed his fate, Jon Rahm couldn’t hide the disappointment.

For the first time since the U.S. Open was last at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 2018, Rahm missed the cut at the U.S. Open. The 2021 U.S. Open champion shot a second-round 78 to fall unceremoniously from contention to a missed cut.

The cut settled at 4-over, though it was up in the air until the end. Dylan Wu had a chance to chip-in and move the cutline to 3-over, but the American's shot ran by the hole and assured a horde of nervous golfers would return for the weekend.

It’s a dramatic departure considering he began the second round in a tie for second at 2-under. He went out in 2-over 38 on Friday to drop back to even-par, then the wheels came off. He bogeyed four straight, beginning at the 12th, then made double bogey at the 16th to fall below the projected cutline.

The missed cut is just Rahm’s second in a major championship since Shinnecock in 2018. The only other cut he missed was the 2024 PGA Championship.

Rahm wasn’t the only notable to miss the cut. Brooks Koepka will miss the weekend of the U.S. Open for the first time since his tournament debut in 2012. Koepka, the defending champion at Shinnecock, shot a back-nine 41 to miss the cut by six strokes. Bryson DeChambeau shot 5-over 75 to miss the weekend by one stroke. It's the first time in DeChambeau's career that he has missed three straight cuts. Si Woo Kim continues his disappointing run in major championships, finishing 6-over, two outside the cutline. Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland and Patrick Reed round out the other notables whose tournament ended early.